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Event detail for site: Cardigan1540 (February) : OwnershipFollowing its suppression Cardigan was granted to William Cavendish and his wife, Margaret, for £769 8s 4d and duly converted into a mansion. Bibliographical sourcesPrinted sourcesThe Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales, III, 1377-1540, ed. David M. Smith (CUP: Cambridge, 2008) p. 102 Other events in the history of this sitec.1115: Foundation - Gilbert fitz Richard, earl of Clare (d. 1115), granted the church of the Holy Trinity at Cardigan to the monks of St Peter's, Gloucester, c. 1110 x 1115. [1 sources]
c.1165: Change of affiliation - By this time ownership of Cardigan had passed from Gloucester to Chertsey Abbey, Surrey. [1 sources] c.1291: Wealth - At this time Cardigan held 240 acres of arable. [2 sources] 1322: Custody - By the fourteenth century Cardigan was impoverished, a consequence of warfare, ‘scarcity and other such matters', and was accordingly taken into royal custody. [1 sources] 1534: Act of Supremacy - Prior Thomas Hore acknowledged royal supremacy. [3 sources] c.1535: Wealth - According to the Valor Ecclesiasticus the priory’s gross income was £32. [2 sources][1 archives] 1537 (December): Affiliation - Cardigan Priory was granted to Bisham Priory, Berkshire, a former Augustinian house which had just been re-founded as a Benedictine monastery. [2 sources] pre 1538: Pilgrim centre - On the eve of the Dissolution Cardigan Priory was a popular pilgrimage centre. [2 sources][1 archives] 1538: Dissolution - Cardigan was dissolved with its mother-house (Bisham) on 26 June 1538. At this time there were two monks. [3 sources] 1540 (February) : Ownership - Following its suppression Cardigan was granted to William Cavendish and his wife, Margaret, for £769 8s 4d and duly converted into a mansion. [1 sources] 1922: Conversion - The former priory opened as Cardigan District and Memorial Hospital. |
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